TIMBERING COLLAPSES.
ACCIDENT ON SYDNEY HARBOUR. BRIDGE. !
FIVE MEN INJURED,
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, Aug. 8. The collapse of a portion of the timbering supporting a concrete' archway being erected over the street passing under the northern approach of the harbour bridge to-day injured five union, two seriously. Men at the top of the structure were fixing ropes to facilitate the removal of the .timbers consisting of 15-inch square | •balks 45 feet (high, when a. guy a-ope > (broke, .-nrvd Che whole section, weighing j 100 toms; crashed to the ground, carrying the mein with it. ' •• Desmond Shirley suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries', and Harry Madsen a fractured leg and concussion. It as (believed that Herbert Morrison had both legs broken. Others were Frederick Agnew and Albert Coleman, who suffered lesser in juries. Half the roadway was already open for traffic, but fortunately no one .was passing.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 August 1928, Page 7
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